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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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